Dell is going to start installing Google software on its new computers. While this is yet another shot across the bow of Microsoft, the more interesting part of this to me is that Dell will get paid to do this. While Dell will doubtless market this as a convenience to customers, I'll bet a lot of them won't appreciate the effort. Corporate buyers of Dell equipment will likely tell the company not to bother.
Dell is doing this not because it thinks Google's spamware, er, software is essential software for customers. RAther, it's doing it because profit margins are razor thin and the company needs the payments from Google to stay out of the red.